HP Compaq 530
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: HP Compaq 530Processor: Intel Core Duo T2400
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: HP homepage Compaq 530 (Model)
Average Score: 80% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)
mobility: 45%, workmanship: 75%, ergonomy: 55%, emissions: 80%
Reviews for the HP Compaq 530
90% HP 530 Notebook
Source: Inside HW 
It is close to perfect business notebook: fast CPU, enough memory, decent autonomy and low price. Did we mention that you get Windows Vista Business with it? This model can get job done as good as most of pricier models but without all those fancy accessories. HP 530 is a real budget saver.
Sehr gut, Leistung gut, Mobilität gut, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80%
Foreign Reviews
Will ich Billig?
Source: c't - 16/08 
, Long, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: performance: 50% features: 70% display: 80% mobility: 30% ergonomy: 40% emissions: 80%
HP 530 KP479AA
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Medium, Date: 06/02/2008
Rating: price: 80% mobility: 40% workmanship: 80%
70% HP 530 KP479AA T2600
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 05/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 90% performance: 50% features: 30% display: 50% mobility: 30% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)
T2400:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.7 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
HP: HP is one of the biggest international manufacturers according market shares and reviewed models at the German- and English-speaking market. HP notebooks are often in top positions according price/value ratings.
80%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
